Chapter 5. Ibm Director - IBM 8677 - BladeCenter Rack-mountable - Power Supply Installation And User Manual

Chapter 5. IBM Director

This chapter provides information about IBM Director, a workgroup-hardware-
management tool that you can use to centrally manage IBM servers.
With IBM Director, a network administrator can perform the following tasks:
v View the hardware configuration of remote systems, in detail
v Monitor the usage and performance of critical components, such as
v Centrally manage individual or large groups of IBM and non-IBM
IBM Director provides a comprehensive entry-level workgroup hardware manager. It
includes the following key features:
v Advanced self-management capabilities for maximum system availability.
v Multiple operating-system platform support, including Microsoft Windows 2000
v Support for IBM and non-IBM servers, desktop computers, workstations, and
v Support for systems-management industry standards.
v Integration into leading workgroup and enterprise systems-management
v Ease of use, training, and setup.
IBM Director also provides an extensible platform that supports advanced
BladeCenter tools that are designed to reduce the total cost of managing and
supporting networked systems. By deploying IBM Director, you can achieve
reductions in ownership costs through the following benefits:
v Reduced downtime
v Increased productivity of IT personnel and users
v Reduced service and support costs
For more information about IBM Director, see the documentation on the IBM
Director CD that comes with the BladeCenter unit, the IBM Director Information
Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/topic/diricinfo
/fgm0_main.htm, and the IBM xSeries Systems Management Web page at
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management
/xseries_sm.html, which present an overview of IBM Systems Management and IBM
Director.
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microprocessors, disks, and memory
Intel-processor-based servers, desktop computers, workstations, and mobile
computers on a variety of platforms
Server, Windows XP Professional, Red Hat Linux, SUSE LINUX, and Novell
NetWare. For a complete list of operating systems that support IBM Director, see
the IBM Director Compatibility Document. This document is in PDF at
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/sys_migration/
ibmdiragent.html. It is updated every 6 to 8 weeks.
mobile computers.
environments.
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